Split Pea Soup from the Colonial Era.

this is my version of split pea soup.

This is a very plain and very cheap soup recipe. The idea is that you can add whatever you have to make it better.

So... we ate this Christmas ham and there was a lot of meat leftover. I couldn’t bare to watch it get thrown away so I took it home. Could have just made some ham and cheese sandwiches or ham and potato salad but there was a bag of split peas screaming to be cooked. Now... feel free to substitute any of the vegetables... they’re basically going to be disintegrated anyway. I used what I had on hand.

Split pea soup always reminds me of my mom's cooking. I wish I could make it as good as she can but this is my spin on her soup. Very thick soup.

A favorite growing up... If you have a ham bone handy, throw it in, although I usually just use chopped ham...

Great comfort food for using up Easter dinner leftovers

We have been making pea soup in my family my entire life, but everyone else just used the peas and water. I like flavor and this soup has it for sure! Very hardy.